Paul Mitchell set for Saints return...

[Saint-Armstrong]

According to Jeremy Wilson, who reports that the club are looking into approaching Mitchell about returning to fill the void (at least partially) left by Les Reed's departure.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/19/southmaptons-off-field-overhaul-could-include-division-les-reeds/

Edited 19 November, 2018 by Saint-Armstrong

[Matthew Le God]

Thread says...'Set for return '

 

Article says... 'likely to consider approach'

 

Those two are not the same, in fact they are significantly different!

[Cabbage_Face]

Welcome back.

[Saint-Armstrong]

Thread says...'Set for return '

 

Article says... 'likely to consider approach'

 

Those two are not the same, in fact they are significantly different!

 

Hello MLG.

[Saint Albert]

Thread says...'Set for return '

 

Article says... 'likely to consider approach'

 

Those two are not the same, in fact they are significantly different!

 

Agreed, but it’s odd that he’d be publicly named by someone who’s generally considered to be the club’s media mouthpiece.

 

I always thought that Mitchell’s return was unlikely following Alderweireld’s move to Spurs.

[Matthew Le God]

Hello MLG.

 

Hi di hi

[hypochondriac]

I'm fed up of us leaking positive things to the media. The same thing happened with the Walcott ordeal and the promes deal. I'll believe it when I see it.

[DT]

I see we have an ‘extremely deep roster’. Always the first thing you think of with successful teams. This is clearly a holding piece intended to convey we are doing something when we are doing very little.

 

 

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[Cabbage_Face]

Surely the black box has 3 candidates lined up.

[JustMike]

Thread says...'Set for return '

 

Article says... 'likely to consider approach'

 

Those two are not the same, in fact they are significantly different!

 

The "?" Made it OK

[Dusic]

Mitchell makes a lot of sense. Could possibly attract him with a bigger role than in Leipzig but ultimately it will come down to cash, so doubt he will come back.

 

Wee Ross seems bullet proof.

[ally_uk]

1 down, Next bring the don home

[Cabrone]

Can't see it unless they offer him something special, he's doing just fine where he is.

 

Would love to see him back though, did a good job for us.

[OttawaSaint]

I see we have an ‘extremely deep roster’. Always the first thing you think of with successful teams. This is clearly a holding piece intended to convey we are doing something when we are doing very little.

 

 

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We're pretty deep in the Premier League table too.

[S-Clarke]

Where's Nordic Saint?

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Where's Nordic Saint?

 

:poundit:

[ErwinK1961]

Where's Nordic Saint?

 

Drowning in ectoplasm somewhere.

[ErwinK1961]

I'm fed up of us leaking positive things to the media. The same thing happened with the Walcott ordeal and the promes deal. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

Club fed = Promes & Walcott - Reality = Carillo

 

Club fed = Mitchell and Webber - Realty = Barry Fry

[disconnect]

Club fed = Promes & Walcott - Reality = Carillo

 

Club fed = Mitchell and Webber - Realty = Barry Fry

 

LOL

 

We definitely live in a 'I'll believe it when I see it' situation when it comes to Saints. Would be surprised if Mitchell wanted to come back, but he obviously had a good record for us so would welcome it.

[hypochondriac]

Club fed = Promes & Walcott - Reality = Carillo

 

Club fed = Mitchell and Webber - Realty = Barry Fry

Let's also remember the time that we sued Spurs over Alderweireld.

[Saint Without a Halo]

Thread says...'Set for return '

 

Article says... 'likely to consider approach'

 

Those two are not the same, in fact they are significantly different!

 

To be fair, the thread says “set for saints return ?” (question mark). So not that significantly different after all !

[Saint Without a Halo]

I see we have an ‘extremely deep roster’. Always the first thing you think of with successful teams. This is clearly a holding piece intended to convey we are doing something when we are doing very little.

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He meant Rooster not roster as we do seem to be very chicken on the pitch!

[Pamplemousse]

What happened to this Leicester chap?

[St Marco]

Surely the black box has 3 candidates lined up.

 

Think Les used that box to carry his **** out when he got fired.

[Miltonaggro]

Club fed = Promes & Walcott - Reality = Carillo

 

Club fed = Mitchell and Webber - Realty = Barry Fry

 

That's at least an upgrade - club moving in the right direction.

[Lord Duckhunter]

 

Club fed = Mitchell and Webber - Realty = Barry Fry

 

Gets my vote, get Bazza in. ****ing brilliant move.

 

“How much, how much”

 

“Sold to the fat barstead in the blue blazer”.

 

http:// https://mobile.twitter.com/not_motd/status/1035177556759199746?lang=en

 

 

 

 

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[CB Fry]

Where's Nordic Saint?

We still need the return of

 

Dodd

Williams

Fonte

plus Dave Watson sacked

 

for the full Nordic climax. #prayforNordic

[Heisenberg]

I'll file this alongside the Sturridge, Shaqiri, Balotelli and Ibrahimovic links

[nta786]

I'll file this alongside the Sturridge, Shaqiri, Balotelli and Ibrahimovic links

 

Didn’t we have a David Villa link as well?

[Badger]

Didn’t we have a David Villa link as well?

 

Don't forget Oliver Bierhoff.

[Lighthouse]

I'll file this alongside the Sturridge, Shaqiri, Balotelli and Ibrahimovic links

 

I'm not sure that one was ever a link, just some bloke on a wind up, which was believed by pretty much nobody.

[Heisenberg]

I'm not sure that one was ever a link, just some bloke on a wind up, which was believed by pretty much nobody.

 

https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?56447-Zlatan#.W_MevRanyaM

 

8 pages and c400 posts

[Ex Lion Tamer]

We've briefed that we will consider Mitchell, not that we will get him. If we don't brief that we are interested, then when we make an appointment, people will complain that we didn't consider him and didn't think ambitiously enough

[hypochondriac]

We've briefed that we will consider Mitchell, not that we will get him. If we don't brief that we are interested, then when we make an appointment, people will complain that we didn't consider him and didn't think ambitiously enough

Rubbish. Using that logic why didn't we brief that we were interested in Ronaldo in the summer?

[csh398]

I’ll see you Bierhof, for a Gary Lineker at a chippy in Swaythling!

[SuperSAINT]

Id like him to come back as part of a restructuring. Not sure he'd leave Germany for us though.

 

I also think the damage has largely been done, so very difficult to sort the problem out.

[Lallana's Left Peg]

Hard to take Wilson seriously any more after he did this: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/12/28/southampton-keen-daniel-sturridge-ready-make-audacious-move/

 

Club probably think they could tell him the earth was flat and he'd print it.

[hypochondriac]

Hard to take Wilson seriously any more after he did this: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/12/28/southampton-keen-daniel-sturridge-ready-make-audacious-move/

 

Club probably think they could tell him the earth was flat and he'd print it.

That's another one to add to the list of rubbish that saints leak to the fans.

[Fabrice29]

MLG right. Awful thread headline. Anyway, reads very much as a fan appeasement piece to me.

[doggface]

Yes, Wilson's puff pieces have become increasingly erratic in recent months. I listened to him on Saints FC pod recently and didn't think he came across as particularly well which surprised me.

 

Saints PR is terrible and getting worse, just like the 1st team.

[Kingsbridge Saint]

Mitchell would be good. Proven to have a better eye for a signing than the chronically chronic Wilson. And he could probably tidy up Vestergaard and Gabbiadini's barnets as well.

[jasonb]

Excited by thread title. Tempered somewhat by MLG's pedentry. Then discover it's a club-mouthpiece leak.

 

Close thread I guess.

[Secret Site Agent]

The "?" Made it OK

 

You got him there

[Heisenberg]

Mitchell and Walcott double signing

[Leslie Charteris]

Mitchell and Webb more likely from the tone of that speculative piece!

[Miltonaggro]

Mitchell and Webb more likely from the tone of that speculative piece!

 

My money is on Phil Mitchell, with Nick Cotton coming in as head of Public Relations.

[austsaint]

Mitchell makes a lot of sense. Could possibly attract him with a bigger role than in Leipzig but ultimately it will come down to cash, so doubt he will come back.

 

Wee Ross seems bullet proof.

 

Not many Saints staff return - let's hope Mitchell does - youngish, and a good record of successful recruitment. Why is wee Ross bullet proof?

[S-Clarke]

Not many Saints staff return - let's hope Mitchell does - youngish, and a good record of successful recruitment. Why is wee Ross bullet proof?

 

I imagine Ross's position will be under the jurisdiction of whoever new comes in. I'd expect any new DOF/head of football operations type to overhaul the setup themselves once they've had a view on it.

I’d have been slightly alarmed if he went as well, as even though his record is shocking, he is simply the only football voice/knowledge available to the ‘board’ now.

[Nordic Saint]

I imagine Ross's position will be under the jurisdiction of whoever new comes in. I'd expect any new DOF/head of football operations type to overhaul the setup themselves once they've had a view on it.

I’d have been slightly alarmed if he went as well, as even though his record is shocking, he is simply the only football voice/knowledge available to the ‘board’ now.

 

"Wilson has never played football to any significant level and graduated in social sciences at Strathclyde University.....Wilson stumbled into a career in football. A friend's father worked for the media department and needed reports on the under-18 team's games"

 

I suppose you could argue that his record as our Head of Recruitment is his qualification as our 'football voice'.

 

Personally, I wouldn't be too alarmed if he were sacked.

[supersonic]

I'll believe that when I see it. I know Wilson has links with the club but I always got the impression he was pally with Reed so not sure where that leaves him now.

 

Everything he's published recently, and especially last Jan, was so far off the mark it made Shane Long look prolific.

 

Also worth pointing out the main poster is in the journalism game so is obviously going to put a slightly misleading headline to get people to read the article.